swift

My official title is "IT Consultant" but what I basically do is install applications into Unix based test environments for testing purposes in addition to installations of the finalized version of the applications into the production environment after they are ready to go live.

My actual degree is in Computer Information Systems but I've done everything from working for Internet Providers to maintaining Hospital IT networks before I started my current focus which I've been doing for the last 7 years. I enjoy it because I get to work with a lot of people & especially because I primarily work from my home office so my typical commute consists of walking from my bedroom to my home office in my pajama's for the early morning work with software developers in India, the UK, Australia, & Florida after which I go ahead & eat breakfast, take my shower & change into my street clothes before I continue the rest of my day working primarily with folks in Arizona, Colorado, & California.

My work hours are rather nice because it allows me to spend a lot of time with my kids - I am often done working by 4 or 5 pm which coincides well with when they get home from school - especially since I don't get stuck in traffic. A few times a week I have to work in the early evenings but I'm able to wait until my children are in bed. That allows me to spend 4 to 5 hrs each evening with my children on week days which is very nice.

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My Blog: Dustin's Gun Blog

Memberships: NRA USCCA SAF GOA AZCDL NWSA

According to the National Safety Council, we are more likely to die in a bicycle accident or plane crash than an accidental gun shooting. We should ban bicycles & planes before banning guns.

BlackBear

I cannot believe I just read every single post. I need a life.
I am trained as a paralegal. You know what that wording means - I'm doing something else. No market around here for paralegals, so I'm doing what I've been doing for several years - manager at McDonald's.

I was beginning to think I was the only one.

I always say you should go with your gut instinct.
http://www.defensivecarry.com/vbulle...624#post176624
I guess maybe reading the whole thread came in useful for once.

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I would love to change the world, but they won't give me the source code

Semper Vigilans et Paratus

Bob The Great

I'm a structural design engineer. Currently working on primary structures for this -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29

And I'm pretty sure I've heard every last "rocket scientist" joke in existance.

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"A well-educated electorate, being necessary to the continuance of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed."
Is this hard to understand? Then why does it get unintelligible to some people when 5 little words are changed?

2AMomma

I'm a stay-at-home mom, with a minor in Elementary Education...

No really, I do have a degree in teaching... I'm just not using it right now - well for other people's children...

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"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."


"SA is a cognitive state or process associated with the assessment of multiple environmental cues in a dynamic situation" ~ Isaac

stlwrkr

I am a millwright(industrial mechanic). I work at a facility that turns coal into coke that is used in the steel making process. I work at a beautiful place called Zug Island in the sparkling Detroit River. I am required by OSHA to shower at the end of every shift and CANNOT bring home any outer clothing worn during my normal workday for fear of contaminating my family. We wear respirators in most areas of the plant and carbon monoxide is a constant danger along with many other hazards too long to list. Unbelievably we are a relativly safe operation due to constant safety training and what I like to believe is the hiring of only qualified and sensible people. I consider myself lucky being in the heart of the auto industry and working in an industry that still can function with auto downsizing. We will always need steel, and the gas we produce from cooking the coal is used to power some of the electric power plant next door. In the 70s or 80s, Zug Island was in the Guinness Book for the dirtiest square mile. But, it pays the bills.

AirForceShooter

Cool.
My wife taught for 35 years.
I always wondered why she didn't get combat pay.

AFS

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Gun control is hitting what you aim at

S3ymour

I'm a customer service consultant and graphic designer on the side till I can get through school. I'm getting my degree in information systems security.

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"All war is deception" --Sun Tzu
MOΛΩN ΛABÉ

Old Sarge

Retired Military. Too old to work, too young to die!!

Derrin33

Utilitiy Locator. I locate lines for SBC/ AT&T and ONG (Oklahoma Natural Gas). It's a horrible and often a stressfull job. It amazes me that these companys don't know where their own lines are and that they call me and say "Whats buried over here on 5th street? Cause we just cut it." It really is a crazy job sometimes. At times I work 18 hour days, 7 days a week. But, today; I slept in my truck for 4 hours.

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I bought a LCP

SammyIamToday

Network Engineer at UK.

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...He suggested that "every American citizen" should own a rifle and train with it on firing ranges "at every courthouse." -Chesty Puller